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HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... need." Hayhurst said the announcement represents "solid progress" but said it will not fix Australia's housing problem overnight. "When you're tackling a housing crisis that has been decades in the making, the key is to show long-term commitment ...

IMAP names award winners for 2024

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) presented its annual awards overnight, shining a spotlight on some of the best in managed accounts. The awards recognised companies across nine categories, with a few standing out for their consecutive ...

UK announces new Pension Schemes Bill

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... products, as it looks to ensure Brits retire with more. A new Pension Schemes Bill, announced in a speech by King Charles overnight, aims to improve the retirement outcomes of the more than 15 million Britons currently contributing to workplace pension ...

UK government to establish national wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... a National Wealth Fund in the coming days to ramp up private sector investment in infrastructure projects. Announced overnight, the UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank will be aligned under a new National Wealth Fund that will "invest ...

Telstra flags ditching venture capital arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... the telco giant looks to ditch the venture capital space. Telstra Ventures, a subsidiary of Telstra founded in 2011, overnight announced it has rebranded to Titanium Ventures. Telstra chief financial officer Michael Ackland said the company is "exploring ...

US looks towards rate cuts, Australia lags behind

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
A raft of economic data came out from the US overnight with US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell indicating the US could cut interest rates at least once this year. A lower-than-expected May CPI print was encouraging, but the FOMC still kept its funds ...

ECB drops interest rates to 3.75%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... dynamics of underlying inflation, and the strength of monetary policy transmission, the bank's Governing Council said overnight, adding that "it is now appropriate to moderate the degree of monetary policy restriction after nine months of holding ...

APRA 'continuing to monitor' UniSuper outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... expectations. In particular, we have observed that services are too often slow, unresponsive, and not member focused." Overnight, UniSuper told members they would be able to log in to their accounts from midday today and that account balances displayed ...

Inaugural FAAA award winners named

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... Financial Planner Professional of the Year. Celebrating its first awards gala dinner as a merged entity in Adelaide overnight, the FAAA named Burcheart founder and managing director Sacha Burchgart the Adviser of the Year. According to the FAAA, the ...

OTPP, PGGM chief investment officers resign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... Plan (OTPP) will farewell its chief investment officer at the end of the year, as will Dutch pension fund manager PGGM. Overnight, OTPP chief investment officer Ziad Hindo announced he will leave the fund at December end, capping 23 years with the organisation. ...